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Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't here, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson

Created by: sgtrobo | 04.04.2024


1. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1970
2. Deep Purple - In Rock
1970
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1971
4. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
1971
5. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
1972
6. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
1972
7. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1973
8. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973
9. King Crimson - Red
1974
10. Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties
1974
11. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1975
12. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
1975
13. Rainbow - Rising
1976
14. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
1976
15. Rush - A Farewell To Kings
1977
16. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1977
17. Judas Priest - Stained Class
1978
18. Van Halen - Van Halen
1978
19. Motörhead - Overkill
1979
20. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
1979
21. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
1980
22. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
1980
23. Rush - Moving Pictures
1981
24. Iron Maiden - Killers
1981
25. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
1982
26. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
1982
27. Slayer - Show No Mercy
1983
28. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
1983
29. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1984
30. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
1984
31. Slayer - Hell Awaits
1985
32. Possessed - Seven Churches
1985
33. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
1986
34. Slayer - Reign In Blood
1986
35. King Diamond - Abigail
1987
36. Voivod - Killing Technology
1987
37. Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
1988
38. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
1988
39. Voivod - Nothingface
1989
40. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
1989
41. Judas Priest - Painkiller
1990
42. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1990
43. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
1991
44. Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
1991
45. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
1991
46. Alice In Chains - Dirt
1992
47. Faith No More - Angel Dust
1992
48. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
1993
49. Morbid Angel - Covenant
1993
50. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1994
51. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
1994
52. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
1995
53. Suffocation - Pierced From Within
1995
54. Death - Symbolic
1995
55. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
1996
56. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
1996
57. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1997
58. Necrophobic - Darkside
1997
59. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
1998
60. Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
1998
61. Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
1999
62. Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
1999
63. Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
2000
64. Immolation - Close To A World Below
2000
65. Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2000
66. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
2001
67. System Of A Down - Toxicity
2001
68. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2001
69. Agalloch - The Mantle
2002
70. Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
2002
71. Apotheosis - Farthest From The Sun
2002
72. Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
2003
73. Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons
2003
74. Wintersun - Wintersun
2004
75. Slumber - Fallout
2004
76. Deathspell Omega - Kénôse
2005
77. Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
2005
78. Forteresse - Métal Noir Québécois
2006
79. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2006
80. Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2006
81. Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
2007
82. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
2007
83. Walknut - Graveforests And Their Shadows
2007
84. The Monolith Deathcult - Trivmvirate
2008
85. Eluveitie - Slania
2008
86. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2009
87. Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred For Mankind
2009
88. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
2010
89. Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
2010
90. Aquilus - Griseus
2011
91. Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument
2011
92. Sigh - In Somniphobia
2012
93. Svartidauði - Flesh Cathedral
2012
94. Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
2013
95. Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury
2013
96. Epica - The Quantum Enigma
2014
97. Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum
2014
98. Heaving Earth - Denouncing The Holy Throne
2015
99. Akhlys - The Dreaming I
2015
100. Schammasch - Triangle
2016
101. Zhrine - Unortheta
2016
102. Immolation - Atonement
2017
103. Tchornobog - Tchornobog
2017
104. Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos
2018
105. Funeral Mist - Hekatomb
2018
106. Gardsghastr - Slit Throat Requiem
2019
107. Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race
2019
108. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
2020
109. Black Curse - Endless Wound
2020
110. Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
2021
111. Veilburner - Lurkers In The Capsule Of Skull
2021
112. First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle
2021
113. Immolation - Acts Of God
2022
114. Heaving Earth - Darkness Of God
2022
115. Esoctrilihum - Consecration Of The Spiritüs Flesh
2022
116. Sigh - Shiki
2022
117. Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Nahab
2023
118. Ὁπλίτης - Ψ​ε​υ​δ​ο​μ​έ​ν​η
2023


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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04.04.2024 - 05:09
Guib
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Pretty solid picks all across the board! Nice list, glad to see some Canadian stuff in there too, like Rush, Cryptopsy, Forteresse, Voivod and First Fragment.

Overall great Tech-Death selection!

Out of curiosity what would've been your picks for Pink Floyd and Yes ?
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04.04.2024 - 08:59
John_Doe
Thumbs up for the 70s albums in there.
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15.04.2024 - 00:26
sgtrobo
Written by Guib on 04.04.2024 at 05:09

Pretty solid picks all across the board! Nice list, glad to see some Canadian stuff in there too, like Rush, Cryptopsy, Forteresse, Voivod and First Fragment.

Overall great Tech-Death selection!

Out of curiosity what would've been your picks for Pink Floyd and Yes ?

well, DSotM would've made top 3 in 1973, and Wish You Were Here and Animals would've won in 75 and 77
Yes would've won 1972 with Close to the Edge
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15.04.2024 - 04:42
chomskeet
I always like your taste, checking out all albums on this list that I don't know and relistening to the ones that might not have hit on the first few spins. Thanks for this \\m//
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15.04.2024 - 05:18
F3ynman
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Cool choices! I gotta check out those that I don't know. By the way, 2019 is missing, right?
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03.05.2024 - 17:18
sgtrobo
Written by chomskeet on 15.04.2024 at 04:42

I always like your taste, checking out all albums on this list that I don't know and relistening to the ones that might not have hit on the first few spins. Thanks for this \\m//

hell yeah!!!!
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03.05.2024 - 17:19
sgtrobo
Written by F3ynman on 15.04.2024 at 05:18

Cool choices! I gotta check out those that I don't know. By the way, 2019 is missing, right?

uh...oops!?! let's fix that shall we?
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